I made this faux metal heart in a box in 2012 at a class I took with THE Tim Holtz - what a great class that was. This is where I learned the faux metal technique - we used it on this large paper mache heart.
First we colored the cardboard boxes with Distress Stain inks, I used Silver (these are window boxes with little boxes inside but we took those out) then we inked over them with Distress Inks, I used Forest Moss - then we sanded all the sides to distress - and attached pulleys on the bottom for wheels.
We covered the heart with randomly cut pieces of silver metal foil sticky back sheets. Then we made marks along the seams - some with the tip of a click it ink pen, some with a push pin and some with a craft scraper. We made the stitches using loops of thin wire that we just inserted into the holes! Next we inked the whole thing with 3 colors of Alcohol Inks -I used Pitch Black, Stonewash and Ginger. Then we sanded it with steel wool to take most of the color off!
We lined the inside of the box with Terminology tissue wrap. We added Box Corners, sprocket gears, word keys, game spinners, time pieces and a light bulb - and even half of a View Master photo wheel!